He should look at the polycount website - http://www.polycount.com/ There's lots of good info there, especially on the wiki pages. There's lots of information there about the industry, getting in, folios, roles, etc.
G From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Daniel H Sent: 17 June 2013 13:39 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: OT: (sort-of) getting in to game dev He should be directed to download all three of these game engines. Digital-Tutors has training on all three engines, and Eat 3D has training for Unreal and CryEngine. Free edition of Unreal Engine 3 http://www.unrealengine.com/udk Free edition of CryEngine 3 http://mycryengine.com Free edition of Unity 3D. Unity is primarily used to create mobile and web games, but can also deploy games to consoles or the PC. http://unity3d.com/unity/download/ Daniel VFXM On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Sebastien Sterling <sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com<mailto:sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com>> wrote: http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/on-game-schools Small but very informative vid, part of a much larger series which is equally excellent and accessible. Make sure he understands what exactly a Dev does. It often gets tossed like a blanket statement to cover a vast number of disciplines. (coder, director, writer, art director...) Early exposure to game engines and especially languages (c#,c++,java script, python) serves the dual purpose of letting you discover if this is something you like doing, and gives you a head start when entering a related curriculum. Finally I'd say don't sugar coat it, its going to be hard, its a very competitive path to take in life. On 17 June 2013 13:42, Paul Griswold <pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com<mailto:pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com>> wrote: Hi guys, My daughter's boyfriend has expressed an interest in getting into game development. He's just a teenager, so he really doesn't have much of a focus yet other than "I want to get into games". But I told my daughter I'd get some recommendations on things like what he should study, good colleges for careers in games, different job descriptions, good entry-level positions, etc. So, I'd love to hear what you guys have to say. Any advice at all would be great. Thanks, Paul
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